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• Aleida Johanna Hendrika VAN MERLE, Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland († 1953)
• Annigje van der Weide, Oosterhesselen († 1897)
• Albertus Westenberg, Zwolle († 1867)
• Annegje van der Weide, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1897)
• Anna Jacoba Krieken van, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland († 1955)
• Angenieta Bouman, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1932)
• Anna Kornelia Koller, Apeldoorn († 1919)
• Adrianus Koster, Pernis († 1865)
• Alphonsus VAN POORTEN, Hengstdijk, Nederland († 1865)
• Anna Barbera Jacoba Scheer, van der, Leeuwarden († 1928)

• Anna Maria Schellekens, Vught
• Albertje Wubbes Houwen (30), Lutjeloo (Wedde)
• Agatha Johanna Wiarda (41), (FR) Leeuwarden
• Adriana Catharina van Maaren (42), Biervliet
• Adelberta van Diest (0), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Hendrik Versluis (0), Meerkerk
• Albertus Scheepmaker (0), Culemborg
• * Hendrika Liefhebber (30), Schoonrewoerd
• Catherine Coopmans (64), Zepperen, België
• Cornelia Danckaert (81), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1851 » Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright and critic († 1929)
• 1853 » Chulalongkorn, Siamese king († 1910)
• 1861 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress († 1955)
• 1872 » Maurice Gamelin, French general († 1958)
• 1873 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver († 1944)
• 1873 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1949)
• 1875 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician († 1921)
• 1876 » Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist († 1941)
• 1878 » Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) († 1932)
• 1878 » Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist († 1968)

• 1839 » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)
• 1840 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)
• 1845 » Matvei Gedenschtrom, Russian explorer and public servant (b. 1780)
• 1852 » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
• 1855 » José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)
• 1884 » Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Gerardus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Antje
14. Trijntje
15. Petronella
16. Elizabeth

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
• April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
• April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
• April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
• August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
• December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

The temperature on September 20, 1865 was about 23.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%.